Happy Hour Vid: 'You Have to Love Sarah Palin for Her Enemies'

Heather Horn Feb 18, 2010
How seriously does the Republican establishment take Sarah Palin? Lately, speculation has mostly focused on the likelihood of the conservative celebrity's presidential candidacy in 2012. Bloggingheads puts together a Daily Beast liberal with a National Review conservative to sort this one out. Watch Jonah Goldberg and Peter Beinart thoroughly and politely discuss the Palin phenomenon: why liberals hate her, why conservatives defend her, and why, nevertheless, Republicans may not be looking to put her at the top of a 2012 ticket.


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